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@sich giant gatwf @new OSWALD HESSELBACHER AND HENRY MOESTA, OF DETROIT,MICHIGAN.

i Letters Patent Nb. 65,809, dated June 18, 1867.

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/ TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be itknown that we, OSWALD I-InssnLnAcui-:n and Hanni' Monsra, ofDetroit, in thc county of Wayne', and State of Michigan, have inventedan improved Lemon-Squeezer; and we do declare hereby the following to bea. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bcing'had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of the specification, in which-Figure 1, sheet 1, is a vertical sectional view of the improved device,showing the plunger forced down into its cup.

Figure 2 is a section taken in the vertical plane indicated by red linex x in fig. 1.

Figure 3, sheet 2, is a sectional view, similar to fig. 1, showing thcplunger elevated from its cup.

Similar letters of reference indcat-c corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention'relates to a nowand improved device for expressing thejuice from lemons, which is designed to be attached to an uprightstandard, operated by a lever, vibrating in a vertical plane, so thatconsiderable pressure can be applied to the lemons without muchexertion.

The nature of our invention consists in the employment of a perforatedconcave-convex cup or strainer, for receiving and confining the slicesof lemon during theact of expressing the `juice from them, and n.circular bracket, for supporting the perforated cup and keeping it inplace over a vessel for receiving the juice, in conjunction with avibrating slotted cam-lever, for raising and lowering a plunger, andapplying the nccessar)y force for expressing thejuice from the slices,all being constructed as will he hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in thc art to understand our invention, we willdescribe its construction and operation. v

l The frame which supports the pressing devices, consists of a widebase, A, having a standard, B, erected upon it. This frame may bc castso as to present quite an ornamental appearance, andV at the same timebe light and strong. To the front part of the standard B, and at aproper distance from the baseplate A, a circhlar bracket, C, is applied,which is designed for receiving a flanged cup, D, and supporting thiscup over a vessel put upon the stand A for receiving the lemon juice. Inpractice, the circular' bracket C will be cast with the frame B; but ifit is desired, this bracket may be cast separate, and bolted .tosaidframc. The ripper surface or edge of the bracket C is parallel, ornearly so, to thc base-platc or stand A, and upon this edge the annularflan-ge a, of the cup D, rests, as shown'in the drawings. The cup D isof a concavo-convcx forui, with arsuitable number of pcrforntionsthrough it toV allow of the free escape of juice. It may be made ot'wood,

glass, porcelain, or even of hard vulcanized rubber, and sulciently deepto have its sides cylindrical, as shown in the drawings, for the better'reception of a ilangcd-head plunger, E. The size and shape of the'plunger E correspond to the interior cavity of the cup D,with thesingle exception that when the flange c on -t'ne plunger is brought downupon the llangc aof the cup, there will he space left below the end ofthe plunger for the pulp and skin et' the lemon slices afterpressurc, asshown in figs. 1 and 2. The flange c on the plunger is designed toprevent the crushing of lemon seeds, and the application of too muchpressure upon the same, by

its contactv with the top of cup D, before the bottom of the plunger isbrought fully down, as above stated. A

strong plate, F, having two cars, b b, projecting pcrpendicularly fromits upper side, is secured centrally to the top of the plunger E, andbetween these ears b b a segment or cam, G, works freely. The cam isslotted and formed on the endl of a lever-handle, J, which is pivotcd tothe upper front corner of the standard B by a i strong pin, e, as shownin igsl and 3. The plunger is attached to the cam by means of atransverse pin, y,

to which may beAapplied an anti-friction collar, g'. This pin y. and itscollar pass through the curved slot 7L, so that when the free end ofthelever J is raised, the plunger will be lifted out of its cup, as shownin lig. 3, and when said lever is ldepressed the plunger will bedepressed and brought into its cup. This arrangement affords a verypowerful leverage for depressing the plunger, and also admits of readyaccess to the cup D, by throwing the lever J up to the position showninlig. 1, and then raising the plunger still further, 'if desired, in itsslot.

Having described my invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Th-c construction ofthe frame of a lemon-squeczer of the parts and D,and a circular bracket, C, which latte-r is adapted for receiving andsupporting a straining-cup, D, beneath a plunger, E,- substantially asdescribed. v

. 2. The combination of the vibrating slotted cam-lever G J and plungerE with the cup D and its sup. porting segment C, constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purposes described.

' i O. HESSELBACHER,

HENRY MOESTA.

Witnesses:

P. PALMIERI, JOSEPH KUHN.

